If the chief spy of a country doesn't understand the implications of publishing books from his personal account, then you cannot trust him whatsoever... The stupid are controlling the whole thing.
I'd say 90-98% are really smart.
That is the interesting part, a few people arent. They are there for some other reason. I know someone who was inspiring but a dolt, I know someone who had their parents money, I know someone who bandwagon a winning candidate.
Who knows is this person is there on merit or not, but its pretty interesting how smart people get when you start moving up. Its the exceptions that are weird.
It's like organized crime people always having to buy cars with their money then the tax authority comes knocking. Beyond a certain point money is useless if you can't convert it to status and get those feel good chemicals flowing.